Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A Year of Trying

Hello All!

June 21st marked Try It or Buy It’s first anniversary! Thanks for following along thus far, and I
hope you stick it out to see what other messes I can make in my second year of
blogging! I made some slight changes to the blog's appearance, and added a top ten posts thing on the side bar. For those of you who don't come to the site, come check it out.

So what were the most popular posts over the last year?

Diaper Wipes come
in first place, and I can’t blame you, those things are useful! We go through about a dozen a day right
now! Not to mention once you use them you'll never want to go back to those flimsy disposable ones- cloth wipes actually keep the poop off your hands.

Chocolate Hazelnut Spread comes in second. I was
surprised how popular this post was, but I guess everyone loves Nutella as much
as I do! My current favorite way to eat
this treat is spread on pretzel chips- it’s crisp and salty, sweet and smooth-
Perfect.

Laundry Soapis
third- way to be practical, people! We
are currently alternating between the homemade stuff and my back stock of
Seventh Generation that I bought while it was on sale about a year ago! (It was
a big sale.) I’ve done both Ivory soap
and the Yardley’s, and I think they work about the same, but I prefer the
non-smell of Ivory.

Tortilla Chips
are in fourth place, no shocker. Making
chips is fast and easy and incredibly delicious.

Pillow Coversare
fifth. I am actually gearing up to make
another set, this time for myself. We’re
getting a new couch, and I thought covers for our throws would be a good idea-
both because they could match nicely, and because I could throw them in the
wash next time Elizabeth spits up all over them!

Sisal Bath Scrubber- You
can laugh, but I use this every time I shower, and it’s still holding up very
well! I will say that it stretched quite
a bit- it’s almost 50% longer now than when I first knit it. My sister wants me to make her a long one
that she can scrub her back with. Not a
bad idea!

Sugar Free StrawberryJam- I made this again this summer, and it came out even better than my
first batch! My mom says it’s more of a
strawberry butter because of its consistency, but I just call it delicious.

This year's batch of jam- so good!!

Vanilla Extract-
This gets you a lot of bang for your buck, and it takes about 3 minutes to set
up. It’s great when things work best
when you leave it alone!

Chocolate Syrup-
I almost went with Hot Cocoa Mix, but we are in the midst of summer and its 95
degree days. There isn’t much better
than an iced mocha, or chocolate milk blended with a frozen banana! Give it a whirl!

Wow- it is very evident that I have a sweet tooth by the
looks of my top five. What has your
favorite project been this year? I’d
love to hear your comments, and please let me know if there’s anything you are
itching to see Tried. Thanks for
stopping by!

4 comments:

I thought the sisal scrubber was great. I made a few as larger rectangles, folded in half, then crocheted 2 sides of them together into a pocket you could put soap in. Gussied them up enough to give as presents. Just kept making them until my twine ran out.

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My name is Laura, and I live in central Virginia. I'm an enthusiastic but untrained crafter and cook who likes to try new projects. If you have a project you'd like me to analyze, let me know! Leave a comment or email me at tryitorbuyit@gmail.com, and I'll see what I can do.